Garden Living Blog

You've spoken, and these are your favorite trees and shrubs at Armstrong. They are workhorses in the garden. They provide structure, form, and interest in the landscape. They also provide a backdrop for other shrubs, perennials, and flowering annuals.
Japanese Maple - Choose an upright or weeping variety of Japanese Maple. You [...]
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Express Yourself - Say it with Roses
It's almost Valentine's Day and we have an idea for you - send a message to your Valentine with roses. Give a rose that your sweetheart can plant in the garden to enjoy as it blooms year after year. Like Valentine's candy hearts, the [...]
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Four Popular & Easy Houseplants
Growing houseplants indoors improves our home or office environments by providing a beautiful green aesthetic that reduces stress. They also improve our air quality by removing toxic contaminants that are in the air. There are four houseplants that are not only popular, but also easy to [...]
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Decorating your home for Christmas is a great way to get in the holiday spirit. Here are some handy tips and ideas to make decorating simple and easy.
Outside
Start at the curb.
Greet your neighbors with Christmas cheer by decorating along a fence or retaining wall. Cedar garland is inexpensive [...]
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Choosing the Perfect Christmas Tree
Nothing says Christmas like the scent of a fresh-cut Christmas tree. Here are some tips for choosing the best and freshest Christmas tree.
Purchase a Christmas tree that was re-cut upon arrival and is standing in water. This will ensure that it will continue to absorb water once [...]
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Thanksgiving is the perfect holiday to decorate for with items from the garden. Pick fall leaves, berries, fruit, herbs, and fall flowers. Here are some ideas to get you started.
Fall Leaves
Bundle a group of leaves together and place in several small vases.
Place a colorful leaf at each place. Write guest's [...]
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Create a Fall Flower Tower
If you're having company over for Thanksgiving or a holiday party, a flower tower, is an easy and beautiful way to add seasonal colors to your buffet or serving tables.
Recently, Patty Cordero, from Armstrong Garden Center's Morena location, stopped by San Diego Living and shared how [...]
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Fabulous Foliage - Heucheras
Heucheras are also known as Coral Bells. They are hardy perennials that are native to North America. Growers have developed many different varieties, hybrids and crosses of heucheras giving us a large variety of the beautiful plants to choose from.
While they have pretty clusters of small flowers [...]
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31 days of pumpkins... Pumpkin lovers wait all year for pumpkin season. We just can't get enough pumpkins... and they are only here for a limited time! 80% of the annual pumpkin crops are available in the month of October. So let's take advantage of the season and use those [...]
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